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Property from an Important European Private Collection
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF KAPPA
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSUI
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A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF KAPPA
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSUI
Of a kappa in the guise of a South-Sea Islander with emaciated body and wearing a grass skirt, his right hand raised to face making the gesture known as bekkanko, the left hand on the back holding a movable peg made of ebony, the eyes and tongue move with the peg, with red pigment remnant; incised signature on the back
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSUI
Of a kappa in the guise of a South-Sea Islander with emaciated body and wearing a grass skirt, his right hand raised to face making the gesture known as bekkanko, the left hand on the back holding a movable peg made of ebony, the eyes and tongue move with the peg, with red pigment remnant; incised signature on the back
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Literature
G. Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu: 1982). Pp. 1181.
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Korean Art
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